ثقافة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ث ق ف (ṯ q f)
5 terms

Verbal noun of ثَقُفَ (ṯaqufa, “to be skillful, to be smart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θa.qaː.fa/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ta.qaː.fa/

• Audio:

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Noun

ثَقَافَة • (ṯaqāfa) f (plural ثَقَافَات (ṯaqāfāt))

1. verbal noun of ثَقُفَ (ṯaqufa) (form I)
2. sagacity, intelligence, wit, refinement, culture
3. culture (civilization)

   الثَّقَافَةُ هِيَ مَجْمُوعَةُ ٱلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَٱلْقِيَمِ ٱلَّتِي يَشْتَرِكُ فِيهَا ٱلْمُجْتَمَعُ.

   aṯ-ṯaqāfatu hiya majmūʕatu l-maʕrifati wal-qiyami llatī yaštariku fīhā l-mujtamaʕu.

   Culture is the collection of knowledge and values shared by a society.

4. education, literacy

Declension

Declension of noun ثَقَافَة (ṯaqāfa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ثَقَافَة ṯaqāfa	الثَّقَافَة aṯ-ṯaqāfa	ثَقَافَة ṯaqāfat
nominative	ثَقَافَةٌ ṯaqāfatun	الثَّقَافَةُ aṯ-ṯaqāfatu	ثَقَافَةُ ṯaqāfatu
accusative	ثَقَافَةً ṯaqāfatan	الثَّقَافَةَ aṯ-ṯaqāfata	ثَقَافَةَ ṯaqāfata
genitive	ثَقَافَةٍ ṯaqāfatin	الثَّقَافَةِ aṯ-ṯaqāfati	ثَقَافَةِ ṯaqāfati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ثَقَافَتَيْن ṯaqāfatayn	الثَّقَافَتَيْن aṯ-ṯaqāfatayn	ثَقَافَتَيْ ṯaqāfatay
nominative	ثَقَافَتَانِ ṯaqāfatāni	الثَّقَافَتَانِ aṯ-ṯaqāfatāni	ثَقَافَتَا ṯaqāfatā
accusative	ثَقَافَتَيْنِ ṯaqāfatayni	الثَّقَافَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯaqāfatayni	ثَقَافَتَيْ ṯaqāfatay
genitive	ثَقَافَتَيْنِ ṯaqāfatayni	الثَّقَافَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯaqāfatayni	ثَقَافَتَيْ ṯaqāfatay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	ثَقَافَات ṯaqāfāt	الثَّقَافَات aṯ-ṯaqāfāt	ثَقَافَات ṯaqāfāt
nominative	ثَقَافَاتٌ ṯaqāfātun	الثَّقَافَاتُ aṯ-ṯaqāfātu	ثَقَافَاتُ ṯaqāfātu
accusative	ثَقَافَاتٍ ṯaqāfātin	الثَّقَافَاتِ aṯ-ṯaqāfāti	ثَقَافَاتِ ṯaqāfāti
genitive	ثَقَافَاتٍ ṯaqāfātin	الثَّقَافَاتِ aṯ-ṯaqāfāti	ثَقَافَاتِ ṯaqāfāti

Derived terms

• ثَقَافِيّ (ṯaqāfiyy)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सक़ाफ़त (saqāfat), सकाफत (sakāphat) (nuqtaless)

  Urdu: ثَقَافَت (s̱aqāfat)

• → Punjabi:

  Punjabi: ਸਕ਼ਾਫ਼ਤ (saqāfat), ਸਕਾਫਤ (sakāphat) (nuqtaless)

  Shahmukhi script: ثَقَافَت (s̱aqāfat)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ثقافة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ثقف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ثَقَافَة (ṯaqāfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θa.ɡaː.fa/, [θa.qaː.fa] ([q] pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): /sa.ɡaː.fa/ (obsolete pronunciation)

Noun

ثقافة • (ṯaɡāfa) f (plural ثقافات (ṯaɡāfāt))

1. culture (civilization)
2. culture (education)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ث ق ف
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic ثَقَافَة (ṯaqāfa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.qaː.fe/, [saˈqɑː.fe]
• IPA^(key): /sa.qaː.fa/, [saˈqɑː.fa]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

ثقافة • (saqāfe) f

1. culture (civilization)
2. education, literacy